Beverage consumption among residents 2 years old and above in Yantai city

Objective To investigate the status of beverage consumption among residents aged 2 years and over in Yantai municipality of Shandong province and to provide evidences for developing beverage-related health education strategies and intervention measures.Methods Using multi-stage stratified cluster sampling,we conducted a household questionnaire survey among 1 903 urban and rural residents aged ≥2 years from 600 households in 3 municipalities(Longkou,Haiyang,and Laizhou)from January to February 2015.Descriptive epidemiological analysis was carried out in the study.Results The crude beverage drinking rate was 41.1% (782/1 903)and the standardized rate was 42.5% among all the residents;the crude and standardized beverage drinking rate were 38.8% (371/955) and 40.4% among the male residents and 43.4% (411/948)and 44.6% among the female residents,without significant gender differences (P>0.05);the crude beverage drinking rates were 48.7% (367/754)and 36.1% (415/1149),and the standardized rates were 49.8% and 37.7% for urban and rural residents,respectively,with significant differences (both P<0.05).The crude beverage drinking rates were 70.3% (52/74),86.9% (166/191),82.1% (23/28),50.6% (343/678),25.6% (125/488), and 16.4% (73/444) for the residents aged 2-5,6-14,15-17,18-44,45-59,≥60 years,respectively,with a significant between age-group difference (χ²=358.4,P<0.05).The beverage drinking rate was 82.3% (241/293) for the residents under the age of 18 years.The three types of beverage most frequently consumed by the residents were fruit and vegetable juice,formulated milk beverage,and plant protein beverage,reported by 22.6% (429),16.0% (304),and 13.6% (258)of the residents,respectively.Among the beverage drinkers,13.0% had their drinks 1 or 2 times a week and 5% had the drinks every day.Conclusion Beverage consumption behavior among residents of Yantai municipality is quite reasonable,but urban residents consume more beverages than the rural residents and the children and adolescents have a significantly higher beverage consumption,suggesting guidance on reasonable beverage use needs to be given to the groups of people effectively.